I love my BMW, but I have a dream of finding a mint 91 SPG. In fact, if someone with a 90-91 SPG offered to trade I'd probably say yes, even though the BMW is mechanically superior and worth more money.

My next car will most likely be a Viggen. I love boost.

edit: Jeff, keep track of how many tires you destroy launching that thing.

Bliss: I wouldn't call BMW's mechanically superior to Saab's. I work on cars and I've encountered more problems with beamers than Saab's I know 10 to 1. -Luke

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As always, depends on who you ask. I can NOT count the number of mechanics I know on two hands, and I know I could get some for either side. I did say the BMW is mechanically superior to my (now gone to the great rustbin in the sky ) Saab, but in the context of my post you can see that I meant mine. My bimmer is a 325is, one of their most solid, my Saab was an 88 SPG, made just before they upgraded a lot of turbo 900 parts, like the tranny (
89 tranny was stronger). I also think each company, like most companies, make a mixed bag in terms of quality. -Either way I think both make/made some of the best cars in the world.

edit - versitile, how many SPG's do you see? It seems to me that they are slowly disappearing and I really want to grab a good one before they vanish completely.

As for whether or not the car is a chick magnet, I tend to doubt it is - one of my female friends told me the car looks too "grown-up", however, since I've already got the "chick", I guess I don't need a chick-magnet. Unless, however, the Aero turns out to be chick-repellant! Then I'm hosed.

A Viggen would be AWESOME. A 9-5 Aero is a little more my speed, however. Josh, do you ever check out www.saabnet.com? They have a classifieds section on there - there's usually one or two very nice SPGs for sale on there at any given time...

Basically, I was looking for a late-model good-condition SPG, until I drove a 1993 9000CSET. Automatic, even! That got the little gears in my mind turning like crazy, so I went and drove a '95 Aero 5-speed at the stealer, and then made the deal to buy this '93. SPGs are awesome, but the freight-train low-RPM boost of the Aero is totally another ball game. It's intoxicating!

As for BMW vs Saab for mechanical strength... each has their strengths and weaknesses. A 1988 900 SPG vs a '93 325is is no comparison - the BMW beats it hands down. The Saab 9000 seems to be mechanically more solid, however. They don't have the dreaded catastrophic manual transmission failures of the classic 900s, for example.

The 900 and 9000 are really very different cars. Turns out I'm more of a 9000 kind of guy.

I'm not so much of a burn-rubber-off-the-line kind of driver - I'd rather sneak up behind someone who's already speeding and blow them out of the water The Aero should excel at that! Also, the traction control on the Aero limits torque so the wheels don't slip - luckily this particular car has been retrofitted with a TCS shutoff switch!

All I can think about is getting this car - just...a...couple...more...weeks...ugh!

A Viggen would be AWESOME. A 9-5 Aero is a little more my speed, however. Josh, do you ever check out www.saabnet.com? They have a classifieds section on there - there's usually one or two very nice SPGs for sale on there at any given time...

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Yep, but I'm waiting till the last minute due to cash flow, I just bought a house.

As for BMW vs Saab for mechanical strength... each has their strengths and weaknesses. A 1988 900 SPG vs a '93 325is is no comparison - the BMW beats it hands down. The Saab 9000 seems to be mechanically more solid, however. They don't have the dreaded catastrophic manual transmission failures of the classic 900s, for example.

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that's all I meant to say.

The 900 and 9000 are really very different cars. Turns out I'm more of a 9000 kind of guy.

I'm not so much of a burn-rubber-off-the-line kind of driver - I'd rather sneak up behind someone who's already speeding and blow them out of the water The Aero should excel at that! Also, the traction control on the Aero limits torque so the wheels don't slip - luckily this particular car has been retrofitted with a TCS shutoff switch!

All I can think about is getting this car - just...a...couple...more...weeks...ugh!

--jeff

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--but you can melt tires if you want. SAABS are cool sleeper cars, people never expect them to scream like they do. AERO's rule Jeff!